A US mother has discovered she is pregnant with her 19th child weeks before she is due to become a grandmother.
The ever-expanding Duggar family
Michelle Duggar from Tontitown, Arkansas, is expecting the new arrival in March next year.
The 42-year-old and her husband Jim Bob, who run a commercial property business, are the stars of their own reality TV show 18 Kids And Counting.
Mrs Duggar suspected she could be pregnant after her youngest child, eight-month-old Jordyn-Grace, became fussy while feeding on breast milk.
The veteran mum knew from past experience this was a sign she could be expecting again so she took a pregnancy test and was "pleasantly surprised" to find it was positive.
"I was just jumping up and down going, 'Thank you, Lord. Here am I - 42, thinking my baby days are over - and you've blessed us with another one'," she said.
Mrs Duggar said her health is fine as the pregnancy progresses just like the previous 18 albeit with bouts of morning sickness.
"I am just so grateful that I have good health thus far and I'm just enjoying playing with my kids every day," she said.
As well as preparing for her own baby, Mrs Duggar is gearing up to become a grandmother for the first time next month.
Her eldest son Josh, 21, and his wife Anna are expecting a baby girl, whom they plan to name Mackynzie, on October 18.
Meanwhile, the Duggars are considering name suggestions for the youngster who will join their family of 10 boys and eight girls, whose names all start with the letter J.
Along with Josh and Jordyn-Grace, the brood already includes: twins Jana and John-David, 19, Jill, 18, Jessa, 16, Jinger, 15, Joseph, 14, Josiah, 13, Joy-Anna, 11, twins Jeremiah and Jedidiah, 10, Jason, 9, James, 8, Justin, 6, Jackson, 5, Johannah, 3, and Jennifer, 2.
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